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Line Up
Glen Coates (v) – also in Fist
Martin Metcalf (g) – also in Fist
Brian Rickman (b) – also in Fist
Jon Lockney (d)
Notes:
– Reformed in 2007 to play the Headbangers Open Air Festival in Germany
– Appeared on the essential “New Wave of British Heavy Metal ’79 Revisited” compilation (Vertigo/Metal Blade, 1990) with ‘Fight With The Devil’
Warlord
7″ Guardian Records N’ Tapes (1980) GR/HG C57
1. Flying High
2. Warlord
3. Rock On
4. Don’t Chase The Dragon
*Limited to 500 copies
*All tracks can be found on the compilation “NWOBHM Metal Rarities Volume 1” (CD, British Steel, 1996)
Roksnax
LP Guardian Records N’ Tapes (1980) GR C80
1. Samurai – Die Or Deliver
2. Hollow Ground – Rock On
3. Saracen – Speed Of Sound
4. Hollow Ground – Fight With The Devil
5. Samurai – Temptress
6. Saracen – Fast Living
7. Hollow Ground – Flying High
8. Saracen – Feel Just The Same
9. Samurai – Knights In Painted Castles
10. Hollow Ground – The Holy One
11. Samurai – Spirits Of The Lost
12. Saracen – Setting The World Ablaze
*3-way split LP
Demo 1981
1. Rock To Love
2. Promised Land
3. Easy Action
4. Loser
Warlord
LP Phoenix Records (2005) NWOBHM 12003
1. Flying High
2. Warlord
3. Rock On
4. Don’t Chase The Dragon
5. Fight With The Devil
6. The Holy One
7. Rock To Love
8. Promised Land
9. Easy Action
10. Loser
*Bootleg release compiling all the tracks from the 7″, the Roksnax compilation and the 1981 Demo. Limited to 350 numbered copies out of which 125 are in turquoise vinyl
Raw Tapes ’79
CD-R self-released (2007)
1. Flying High
2. Promised Land
3. Rock On
4. Rock To Love
5. Warlord
6. Breaking Out
7. Easy Action
8. Fight With The Devil
9. The Holy One
10. Poltergeist
11. Don’t Chase The Dragon
*Limited to 80 numbered copies and available only at the Headbangers Open Air festival in Germany. All tracks are from rehersals exactly as they were recorded on an ordinary cassette recorder in 1979.
Warlord
2LP High Roller Records (2014) HRR 386
CD High Roller Records (2014) HRR 386 CD
1. Flying High
2. Warlord
3. Rock On
4. Don’t Chase The Dragon
5. Fight With The Devil
6. The Holy One
7. Rock To Love
8. Promised Land
9. Easy Action
10. Loser
11. Flying High
12. Promised Land
13. Rock On
14. Rock To Love
15. Warlord
16. Breaking Out
17. Easy Action
18. Fight With The Devil
19. The Holy One
20. Poltergeist
21. Don’t Chase The Dragon
*Official release basically including everything previously appearead on the “Warlord” bootleg (Tracks 1-10) plus the tracks (11-21) from the “Raw Tapes ’79” CDr
* Vinyl limited to 750 copies: 350 on black vinyl, 300 on white/ black splatter vinyl and 100 on white/ black split vinyl
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